What items that Woot no longer offers do you miss the most?

Aug 17, 2012 3:10 PM

There are some relationships with vendors that woot has severed, despite it's current polyamorous offerings (oh, for the days when you were a one deal woot). Which ones do you miss? There are two that immediately come to mind:

1) Shun Ken Onion knives. They were great deals, but were still very expensive. I should have pulled the trigger on the steak knives and probably a set of them when I had the chance.

2) Sansas. My beloved Sansas. Oh, how I long for the days when a young Woot was having a beautiful relationship with SanDisk. Yes, the Sansas weren't the prettiest or most flashy girls in school: but they were solid and loyal. I thought they made a great couple. Now Woot has dumped her for that flashy tramp from California. (psst! I heard she was a refurb, too!!)

I don't recall it being an item from the old days, but in the March WootOff I bought Dark and Milk Fleur de Sel Chocolate Covered Caramels and have been watching for them to appear again ever since. I think they were $23 during the WootOff, but the company website charges about $45 and I just can't make myself spend that much money on candy.

I'm tired of Amazon oops I mean Woot putting up same or very similar items over and over. Last month it was the internet streaming devices. Marketed when Amazon did the push for Prime membership streaming movies and now it is Dyson. 2 items I don't need but see over and over. Amazon oops again I mean Woot has a lot if inventory why do we have to see the same ones over and over. The original Woot had those items we felt we needed. If I need my Dyson replaced I know I can simply wait for the next one to appear on Woot and do some comparison shopping from past Woot deals. Not what I believe the original Woot was for. I miss the "get the deal right now" that Woot originally did. I have no regret from missed Woot deals like I did in the past.

I miss crapola that was fun. I once got a BOC that had 85 Texas key chains a couple of semi-working Sansas (pulled 200 songs off of one) and some other useless, but FUN crap. Most of the bags contain crappy crap these days. Oh, and they are ALL THE SAME...

When was the last time we saw a letter (I honestly haven't been following the crap threads the last several times, but I haven't heard of any)?

I was thinking about posting about the Sansas last night. I need another one, the one I got in 2005, which has had a broken screen since 2006 but still works great on shuffle, is finally nearing the end of its life. Now I must find another site for refurb Sansas.

@dissonance: Fun crap = @cowboydann's DOC. Which reminds me, I should start piecing together some more donations ... at the very least, I have more California packing peanuts. :) It goes with Texas bags of air and Washington bubble wrap.

I've not been around all that long, but from what I've read, I would like to be able to buy Sansas & (Yellow) Woot Lights, neither of which have been offered since I started (or that I've noticed). I was able to get some Leakfrogs and have not regretted the purchase.

Also, the Fleur de Sel Caramels really are excellent, but like @belyndag, I cannot justify the $45 that they cost when not on Woot. Please, sir(s and madames), can I have some more?

@baqui63: Thank goodness! Another Fleur de Sel Caramel fan! I hoarded mine and rationed out one per day to ME (no one else knew I had them). I felt so evilly decadent eating those things. Next time I click "in for 3!" That is, if they ever come up again.

And, as someone else noted, I haven't seen anyone else post about getting a letter in a BOC. Is that no longer done?

Speaking of BOCs, I scored one from their Twitter feed on MONDAY and it was delivered YESTERDAY according to FedEx. My first BOC in since 2010 and I'm out of state! I called my nephew last night and asked him to rescue my package and move it to a safe area for me, but GEEZ! When did BOCs start shipping and arriving so quickly?

Go Pro Hero HD… or even better yet Go Pro Hero HD 2, snagged a couple before xmas last year, and figured they would show up some time again.. nothing so far… Wish I had grabbed 3 more… sigh.
Like others , it seems to be a lot of the same crud over and over again… I don't even look every day anymore… just not the same ole woot since the sell off to amazon.

Prediction: the caramels and the fancy toffee will both show up at least once before/during the winter holiday season. (If Woot offered them between May and September, wouldn't Fedex be delivering boxes of chocolate-caramel soup?)

Tell me again about the Sansas....I remember seeing them just beyond a pair flashing lights. Or maybe that was just an AA shirt I saw. I'm not sure...it all seems fuzzy now. As if a part of some bygone era...

Certainly the leakfrogs and Sansa's, both of which I have and use! Also, though, I miss the quirky stuff. I have a USB AM/FM radio shaped like a microphone that was so odd and neat looking that I just had to have it. At one time, Woot would put up several of these types of items during the Wootoff and it was always great fun seeing them pop up. Now, it is mostly $50 plus items, and the same cheaper items over and over (like the Air Picks - enough already!). Also, rapid fire runs of items seem to be getting less frequent during Wootoffs. Not an 'item' no longer offered per se, but definitely a big part of the fun!

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